Making the world better, one answer at a time. Direct contempt occurs in the presence of the court. Indirect contempt occurs outside the presence of the court, and Civil contempt often occurs indirectly. Direct contempt occurs in the presence of the court. Indirect contempt occurs outside the presence of the court, and Civil contempt often occurs indirectly.
Gov. Jerry Brown joined legislators and labor leaders to announce a landmark agreement that makes California the first state in the nation to commit to raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour statewide on Mon., Mar. 28, 2016 in Sacramento, Calif.
Los Angeles may soon require the highest minimum wage in America. In the coming weeks, three city council members plan to introduce a motion to raise the minimum wage to $15.37 an hour for the city's hotel workers -- roughly double the California minimum of $8 an hour and the federal minimum of $7.25 an hour.